I haven't created any valuable posts in a while and this one probably won't be one either. It's more of a rant post. I must admit that I feel frustrated and I am in a bad mood right now. You may ask, why?
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I spent the last 2 weeks promoting Steemit and the results are just horrible. Of all the people that I have talked to only four friends joined Steemit. The first one never posted, upvoted or commented. The second one created only one post and tried to delete it after the post was already paid out. I tried to explain that it's not possible and that it's due to blockchain technology. We probably won't see a second post.
The third friend got me really excited. Her first post was IMHO a success and she managed to get from a reputation of 25 to 39, 22 followers and over 50 encouraging comments in just 2 hours! I helped with explanations, account creation, post creation and promotion on steemit, reddit and my own god damn facebook account. It only got her 9 SBD but it's a great start! So what happend next? She created a second post, a cross post from her instagram feed. A few minutes after posting she complained that nobody is upvoting it and deleted the post and created the exact same post again with other tags. That post didn't get much attention either and therefore she quit steemit. I felt really bad because I put a lot of effort in convincing and mostly in helping her. So many hours just wasted.
The only one left is my bro @bozo. He listens and he appreciates my suggestions, my help and all the work I put into our friendship. To him my words and deeds are valuable and I really appreciate his trust in me. We realized that we're great as a team and therefore have huge and amazing plans for the future. A while ago we decided that, no matter what business we have in the future, we would fund reforestation in Ethiopia by hiring locals to plant trees. We even planed to build schools, roads and connect people to clean water if our business is successful enough. After joining Steemit I had the idea to invite Eden Projects to help them fund reforestation in Africa until I and bozo are successful. You can read in my progress reports how that went.
A long while ago I realized that people are annoyed by other peoples suggestions to watch this or read that because in the end it's just another god damn cute cat video. People get linked in posts on Facebook constantly or get links thrown at them in Whatsapp that have no real value to them. They started ignoring it as did I. I tried really hard to change that and only send people stuff I thought would be valuable to them(I fail sometimes). Whenever someone sends me a article or video that might be valuable to me I watch it or read it and give feedback. If it's a cat video I ignore it. Sadly not many people realize that I want to help and pretty much ignore me.
Getting ignored hurts, especially if you are ignored by friends. Not getting taken seriously constantly feels bad too. I am not really sure what to do about it right now hence my frustration.
I guess I have to add that this is not purely about Steemit and friends not joining it. As I mentioned earlier this happens with other stuff constantly. I don't know, maybe this my fault somehow.
Think you should not invite people with the promise that steemit is a mature platform that will give them better results than existing social media. Steemit is not there yet. Instead, it's an exciting opportunity to establish a presence, and build a network, on what could potentially become the next big thing.
So unless the person is excited about the opportunity to spend some time trying to figure out the possibilities that blockchain-based platform technologies can do, or have the desire to start blogging/interacting much more actively than what is done on platforms such as Instagram, then I don't think it makes sense to promote it just yet.
I have barely told anyone in my circles about steemit. Because for 95% of them it is simply not mature enough yet. So I would put less effort into promoting it widely, and instead focus on yourself, the people already here, and those you may know that have an above average curiosity for new technology and the future of the internet and social media.
I guess you are right. Steemit is not a social media platform that is easy to use compared to Facebook, Instagram and others. I tried to invite people that create content on other platforms on a regular basis and would only have to do some cross posting.
Keep your head up, Bro! The world will listen to you. A doctor, the husband of the lung specialist we met at the café once, said something to me that I really connected with. He said, once you are 35 years old, people will start to listen to you. Before that, try to prepare yourself by studying and acquiring experience! I hope that helps. I got your back!
Thx Bro. We got a lot do.
Hey, I get the same problem but succeeded to convince more of my friends. But they are not active at all here. I guess I know where is the problem. It took me two months browsing, activy searching, asking and so on before I understand what I need to understand to effectively start on steemit. People doesnt want to spend so much time with it. I hold one seminar "how to start on steemit" to explain my friends in Cameroon the most important things they should know and concidere. Unfortunatelly I cannot meet all of them which would bethe best. That is why I decided to make a manual which would help Steemians beginners to start. If you are interested and ma be want to help me to finalize it check it our here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G82c1emSLmQ5SfbSpn500uLsecdYFKBQ5_kcb4GsTW4/edit
Feel free to suggest changes. Thanks.
I got like 5-6 friends to join and only one of them is active^^
As you said it's just too much to get around using Steemit. It's not as easy to use and you have to spend some time using it. I will take a look at your google doc.
Great document! You could add some screenshots and pictures to visually explain some parts of Steemit and Blockchain technology. Humans are very visual people and are can better comprehend and learn using pictures and videos. And you could make a post out of it!
Mergesort, I'm just an old guy who enjoys or try's to enjoy what's left of my time here. Basically I have run into the same problems with the lack of recognition, but many years ago I taught myself not to let it affect me, it took time to oil my feathers so the self pity and those things that drags a person down now just roll off me. I new what I wanted to accomplish, but wasn't getting anywhere. Others were not ready to accept my presentations the way I was presenting them. So I began searching out what they were willing to listen to. Sometimes it is much easier to enter through the back door with a little softer intro than to run headlong into their faces.
I wish you well Son......Upvoted followed and resteemed..................billytwohearts
Thank you for your response. I did realize that people get into things if they think they "discovered" it on their own. I guess planting that seed in their head will bear more fruitful than my approach.
I personally gave up on trying to recruit to Steemit. I found there were far too many sceptics. When asked now I tell them go to utube, and make up your own mind. In a sense I actually feel better, because since I have been here I have had my eyes opened, it is what it is, not what I wished it to be..............billytwohearts